Nyeredzi muchero, unozivikanwawo secarambola, muchero unoshamisa wakaita senyeredzi uye unonaka asi uchivava. Muchero wacho unobva kuMalay Peninsula, unorimwa mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeSoutheast Asia, Pacific Islands, neChina.
Kunyange zvazvo chibereko chacho chakawanda, carambola ichiri kuwana kugamuchirwa munyika dzekuMadokero. Ngatitarisei hutano hunobatsira hwenyeredzi chibereko. Tsvagiridzo yecarambola yakaratidza kugona kwayo kuwedzera mazinga e "yakanaka" cholesterol ichidzikisa "yakaipa" cholesterol. Carambola yakashandiswa mukurapa kwechivanhu munyika dzakasiyana siyana pasirese kune akasiyana mamiriro. Izvi zvinosanganisira misoro, ringworm, uye kunyange chickenpox. Nokuda kwezvinangwa izvi, sekutonga, kusanganiswa kwemashizha kunoshandiswa, pamwe chete nemudzi we carambola. Kuva tsime revhithamini, kunyanya, A uye C, "nyeredzi chibereko" yakazvisimbisa se antioxidant, inobudirira mukurwisana nemahara radicals. Michero inogonawo kubatsira mukudzivirira kuberekana kwekenza masero. Inowedzera kutsungirira, inomisa kukura kwemaronda. Sezvatocherechedzwa, maruva ecarambola ane kunhuhwirira kwakanaka, nepo aine antipyretic uye expectorant properties. Nokudaro, dzinoshandiswa mukurwisana nekukosora. Midzi yemuti wecarambola inogona kubatsira kune misoro pamwe chete nemarwadzo ekubatana (arthritis). Kana uchikwanisa kuwana muchero uyu pamusika weguta rako, usaregeredza kuutenga.